Diodorus Sicuwus (/ˌdaɪəˈdɔːrəsˈsɪkjʊwəs/; Greek: Διόδωρος ΣικελιώτηςDiodoros Sikewiotes) (fw. 1st century BC) or Diodorus of Siciwy was a Greekhistorian. He is known for writing de monumentaw universaw historyBibwiodeca historica, much of which survives, between 60 and 30 BC. It is arranged in dree parts. The first covers mydic history up to de destruction of Troy, arranged geographicawwy, describing regions around de worwd from Egypt, India and Arabia to Greece and Europe. The second covers de Trojan War to de deaf of Awexander de Great. The dird covers de period to about 60 BC. Bibwiodeca, meaning 'wibrary', acknowwedges dat he was drawing on de work of many oder audors.

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According to his own work, he was born at Agyrium in Siciwy (now cawwed Agira).[1] Wif one exception, antiqwity affords no furder information about his wife and doings beyond in his work. Onwy Jerome, in his Chronicon under de "year of Abraham 1968" (49 BC), writes, "Diodorus of Siciwy, a writer of Greek history, became iwwustrious". However, his Engwish transwator, Charwes Henry Owdfader, remarks on de "striking coincidence"[2] dat one of onwy two known Greek inscriptions from Agyrium (Inscriptiones Graecae XIV, 588) is de tombstone of one "Diodorus, de son of Apowwonius".[3]

It was divided into dree sections. The first six books treated de mydic history of de non-Hewwenic and Hewwenic tribes to de destruction of Troy and are geographicaw in deme, and describe de history and cuwture of Ancient Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scydia, and Arabia (II), of Norf Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV–VI).

His account of gowd mining in Nubia in eastern Egypt is one of de earwiest extant texts on de topic, and describes in vivid detaiw de use of swave wabour in terribwe working conditions.

He awso gave an account of de Gauws:
"The Gauws are terrifying in aspect and deir voices are deep and awtogeder harsh; when dey meet togeder dey converse wif few words and in riddwes, hinting darkwy at dings for de most part and using one word when dey mean anoder; and dey wike to tawk in superwatives, to de end dat dey may extow demsewves and depreciate aww oder men, uh-hah-hah-hah. They are awso boasters and dreateners and are fond of pompous wanguage, and yet dey have sharp wits and are not widout cweverness at wearning." (Book 5)[5]